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l J. SGHNEPF.

.Y AUTOMOBILE. (Application led May 6, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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.L'scHNEPF AUTOMOBILE.

(Application led May 6, 189B.)

Patenfed lune I3, |899.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

films/Zar JonNsonN/iirr, or Nnw` YORK, N. Y.,

PATENT" OFFICE.

AssIeNoR oF ONE-HALF To WILLIAM C. DOSCHER, OF SAME PLACE.-

@marmite BPEGIFICATIQNformng part of Letters Patent No. 627,066, dated June v13, 1899.'

Appnmion inta ray, 189s.

To @ZZV whom 'it may con/cern.: I

Be it known that I, J QEN SCHNEPF, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York,

` New York county, New York State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobiles, of which the ,following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in ,bicycles andthe like; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the 1 parts thereof hereinafterfull'y described. l

The chief object of my invention is to provide a means which may be attached to or detached froina bicycle of any ordinary type, which means may be utilized as a primary or auxiliary driving means.

ln the drawings, `Figure 1l isa side elevation of a bicycle pro'vided with my improved apparatus.A Fig.- 2 is a relatively-enlarged tion.

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plan view of a detailed portion of my .inve'n.

v.This battery is detachably supported in the forward inside portion of the frame of a bi-v cycle by suitable fastening-clamps a a a.

B is a motor. The motor B is mounted in a suitable frame carrying forwardly-projecting arms D D, having semicircular depressions d d near their outer ends.

E is a frame a-portion of which lies par-V allel and close to the arms D. The frame E projects beyond the ends of the arms Dand is then turned inwardly and again bent toward its extreme forward end into a circle e.

This circle is divided, so, that the forward ends of the frame E may be sprung apart. A wing-nut or other suitable fastening device e is provided to clamp the said divided ends of the frame E near its forward end. Wing-nuts d may be provided near the free ends of theA frame D'to draw the said frames D toward the frame E.

Inl Figs. gl, 2, and 3, F is a pulley, preferably grooved and 'carried by the armature B l ordinary bicycle.

, 0f the said pulley and wheel. has acapacity of very high speed,a sufficiently Serial No. 679,905. lNo model-3 as to rotate therewith. Suitable electrical connections G between the battery A and the motor BareA provided. Likewise a suitable controlling means H is connected, as at l', with the circuit to regulate the flow of elec` -In assembling, battery Ais secured to the bicycle-frame. The motor B,throu gh the meddum of the frameE and D, may be clamped to the bicycle-frame so as to cause the pulley F to bear upon one of the bicycle-wheels J, preferably the/rear or driving Wheel. The controlling means H is then clamped to the h andle or to any other suitable portion of the frame which is readily available to the rider. The connections G and H may then be made. When the parts are thus attached, the rider may at will allow the current to pass through the motor, energizing the Amagnets and rotating the armature in the usual way. The ro` tating armature B causes the pulley F to rotate, and the same, bearing frictionally upon the driving-wheel J drives the latter. r

' Because the ,pulley F and the wheel J are relatively small and great no great amount of power is required to revolve the armature, the vsame beingiletermined by the'relative sizes As the motor high speed may be transmitted to the drivingwheel J.

of the motor B, said pulley being arranged so .The rider may readily employ the aforesaid driving means as the sole source ofl power, or,

if desirable, it may be employed as the sup- IOC ' may be thrown into or ont o acton'at the 'will l ing frame E2.

of the rider.

It may be used as the sole or supplemental driving power. Very little power is required in driving the same,hecause the power is applied at the periphery of the wheel only. Y

ln the modicationshewn in Figs. l and 5 -I employ a friction-pulley Ff, provided at any suitable point with a gear F2, adapted to in termesh with a Worm-gear B2, which in turn is rotated by the armatnre 1518 of the meter B4.

It shonld be understood that l contemplate that other modifications and changes in the specific term and arrangement of the parts herein shown may be made without departing from 'the sp'iritof my invention so long as it embodies the characteristic features hereinbefore set forth si being capable of being -attached te er detached from the frame of an ordinary bicycle and of being so arranged that the driving of the bieycewheel is? eb feci-.ed by a faietienal engagement er a snit-v abl'e pnliey'npcn the periphery si said bieyeie-wseei. Y Y f Referring to Fig. (i, one method will be seen by which l effect the desired degree et pressure or rcntaot .between the friction-Wheel andthe vehicle-wheel. ln this tigers, L is a pivot 'upon which is hinged the 'rnctoncarry- To one side of thep'ivctai cennection may be attached tosaid frame 'a -link M, which is also connected to a bell-crank lever N. Q is ancther link connecting said bell-crank ieverN with a'lerer P, which may be provided with a suitable handle carrying a teeth te 'engage with .a rack Q. The rack Q may be notehed, se as to permit the lever y to be locked in any desired position.

elevated out of engagement with the vehicle- Wheel by means et the system of levers and links last described.' VIt is obvious that with' ont departing from the spirit of my inventionl thisl said means for elevating the motor may bereadily'modi'ied or changed. This system of levers also permits of varying the degree f of pressure between the friction and vehicle wheels.

What l claim is; v

l. In a device of the character described in combination a vehicle having a frame and aA front and rear wheel, a support attached to said frame and extending over said rear wheel, a motor carried by said support have inga pulley vdriven by said motor and frictionally engaging said rear Wheel, meensform= ing a 'part of said support whereby the 'same and said motor v"may be vertically adjusted so as to press said pulley firmly against said wheel, said motor located at one side of the peint of attachment of said support tosaid vehicle and antomaticaliy bearing its weight, when said pulley is pressed against said wheel., upon said pulley to increase the friction between it and said. wheel. Y l '2., .In a device ef the vcharacter described in combination an electric motor, a pulley driven by said meter, afi-ame, extendingfrom y said motor and adapted for attaclnn ent tothe seat-post and rear tubes of a diamond-frame bicycle, having an attaching means towardA the end thereof away from said motor .and two means of attachment between 'said -motor and said .forward means, each laterally separated f rom said forward attaching means.

Signed at'New York, N. Y., this Qd-day of May, 1898.A

' JOHN SGHNEPF.

Witnesses: .y f

R. C. MITCHELL, WM. C. Dosonnn.

When it is not desired to utiliz'ethe niotor 45 as a driving means, the same may' be readily 

